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Advisory Council

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Mr. Holmes S. Adams
Partner, ADAMS AND REESE LLP, Ridgeland

Mr. John W. Atherton             
Vice President of External Affairs, Mississippi Power, Gulfport 

Mr. Larry S. Barnett
Executive Director, Harrison County Development Commission, Gulfport

Dr. Jacqueline Beasley            
Senior Vice President, Administrative Service, MINACT Incorporated, Jackson

Mr. Dan Bednarzyk                   
Vice President of Manufacturing - Canton, Nissan North America, Inc.

Ms. Allegra Brigham                 
Interim President, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus

Dr. Tom Burnham                      
State Superintendent of Education, Mississippi Department of Education, Jackson

Mr. Tommy Butler                    
Partner in Charge, Core Services, HORNE LLP, Ridgeland

Mr. Mike Cashion, CAE
Executive Director, Mississippi Hospitality & Restaurant Association

Dr. Eric Clark                                
Executive Director, State Board for Community & Junior Colleges, Jackson

Mr. Scott Coopwood               
Publisher, Delta Business Journal, Cleveland

Mr. David N. Copenhaver      
Vice President - Production, Administration Support, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi, Blue Springs

Mr. William S. Crawford          
President, The Montgomery Institute, Meridian

Ms. Karen L. Cummins            
Operations Manager, Atmos Energy, Southaven

Jason Dean, Ph.D                      
President, Fidelis Policy Group, LLC, Jackson

Mr. Rick Duke
Director, Trent Lott National Center for Excellence, University of Southern Mississippi

Mr. Karl H. Ficken                      
President, Willmut Gas Company, Hattiesburg

Ms. Oleta G. Fitzgerald           
Southern Region Diector, Children's Defense Fund, Jackson

Mr. George L. Freeland, Jr., CEcD, EDFP                                           
Executive Director, Jackson County Economic Development Foundation, Pascagoula

Mr. Socrates Garrett
Mississippi Link, Jackson

Mr. Thomas G. Gresham        
President/Chief Executive Officer, Double Quick, Inc., Indianola 

Ms. Carol Hardwick
Executive Director, Mississippi Economic Development Council, Jackson

Ms. Gloria Harvey 
Manager - Regulatory & External Affairs, AT&T, Jackson

Mr. Joe Max Higgins, Jr.          
President & CEO, Columbus-Lowndes Development LINK, Columbus

Mr. Max D. Hipp                        
President/CEO, Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce/EDF, Oxford

Mr. F. Clarke Holmes               
Chief Executive Officer, Central Mississippi Planning Development District, Jackson

Mr. Randy James                       
CEO & President, Pruet Companies, Jackson

Mr. Tony Jeff                              
President & CEO, Mississippi Technology Alliance, Ridgeland

Mr. Clifton Johnson                  
Comptroller, Tunica County Mississippi, Tunica

Ms. Gloria B. Johnson              
Director of Customer Service, Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Jackson

Mr. Stephen D. Johnston       
Chief Executive Officer, SmartSynch, Inc., Jackson

Mr. Wade C. Jones                   
President, East Mississippi Business Development Corporation, Meridian

Mr. Donald L. Jordan                
General Manager, Southern Pine Electric Power Association, Taylorsville

Mr. John Junkin                         
Commissioner, Mississippi Workers Compensation Commission, Jackson

Dr. James Keeton                      
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Mississippi Medical  Center, Jackson

Ms. Christi Kilroy                        
Executive Director, Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce, Vicksburg

Mr. Mike Larsen
President, Global Strategies, Inc., Brandon

Mr. Lex Lemmers                      
Plant Manager, PACCAR Engines Company, Columbus

Mr. Douglas E. Levanway 
President, Board of Directors, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A., Jackson

Ms. Nancy Loome                     
Executive Director, The Parents' Campaign, Jackson

Mr. Denotee Martin                
President, Denotee Martin Contractors, Inc., New Albany

Mr. Jon Maynard                       
President & Chief Executive Officer, Greater Starkville Development  Partnership

Mr. E. Robinson McGraw       
Chairman & CEO, Renasant Bank, Tupelo

Mr. Duncan McKenzie             
President/General Manager, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi

Mr. Greg McNeely                    
President, McNeely Plastics, Clinton

Mr. Kurt W. Metzner               
President and CEO, Baptist Health Systems, Jackson

Ms. Rebecca H. Montgomery
Manager - Community Affairs, Mississippi Power, Gulfport

Mr. Jay Moon
President, Mississippi Manufacturers Association, Jackson

Mr. Chip Morgan                       
Executive Vice President, Delta Council, Stoneville

Mr. Chad Newell                       
President, Area Development Partnership, Hattiesburg

Mr. Jack Norris                           
President, Gulf Coast Business Council, Gulfport

Mr. Duane O'Neill                     
President/CEO, Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, Jackson

Mr. William A. Ray                     
President & Chief Executive Officer, BankPlus, Ridgeland

Mr. David P. Rumbarger         
President & CEO, Community Development Foundation, Tupelo

Mr. Brian W. Sanderson         
Vice President of Economic Development & Assistant General Counsel, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC, Biloxi

Hon. George A. Schloegel      
Mayor, City of Gulfport, Gulfport

Mr. Philip Shirley                       
Chief Executive Officer/Senior Partner, GodwinGroup, Jackson

Mr. Mark A. Smith                    
President & CEO, The CPI Group, LLC, Columbus

Mr. Ronald G. Smith                 
Regional President, Regions, Jackson

Mr. Jerry St. Pe'                         
President, St. Pe' and Associates, LLC, Pascagoula

Mr. William A. Taylor, III         
President, Taylor Machine Works, Inc., Louisville

Mr. James Threadgill                
Vice Chairman, BancorpSouth, Tupelo

Mr. John H. Turner                   
Director of Economic Development, Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Jackson

Mr. Jon C. Turner, CPA            
Partner, BKD, LLP – CPAs, Jackson

Mr. Earl Walker                          
Senior Director & Site General Manager, American Eurocopter Corporation, Columbus

Mr. Leroy Walker, Jr.               
Owner-Operator, LTM Enterprises, DBA McDonald's, Jackson

Mr. Pete Walley                         
Director/Long Range Economic Planning, Institutions of Higher Learning, Jackson

Ms. Mary C. Werner                
President, Tupelo Manufacturing Company, Inc., Tupelo

Mr. Timothy W. Weston         
Senior Project Manager/Economic Development, Mississippi, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tupelo

Mr. Lewis Whitfield                  
Senior Vice President, CREATE Foundation, Tupelo

Mr. Gray Wiggers                      
Pesident/CEO, Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, Ridgeland 

Mr. Martin Williams 
Corinth Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Tupelo

Mr. Jay Woods                           
Acting Executive Director, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Jackson

Mr. William G. Yates, III          
President, Yates Construction, Biloxi